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[weirdie]

Someone collapsed at the finish line yesterday. Heart stopped working for a moment, reportedly. Those are the only details I have.

If you've ever watched from the finish line, you'd know this is very common. People giving it their all at the end just to collapse face first into the ground.

[LJ]

Gee, sounds fun. Why don't I ever enter these things?

[Mike K.]

If you do, wear a helmet.

[Citified.ca]

Goodlife Fitness to shutter Vic West gym after a decade of operations
https://victoria.cit...-of-operations/

[Mattjvd]

Goodlife Fitness to shutter Vic West gym after a decade of operations
https://victoria.cit...-of-operations/

Darn, I really like it there.

[AllseeingEye]

That location was always empty any time I drove by, which is frequently since I'm coming from Selkirk and work downtown.

 

After our (Fitness World) gym moved to Uptown 3 years ago it seems like it kicked butt and took no prisoners: a few gyms have closed down since while FW membership is continuously trending way up. I believe in the first 2 months alone after the move the operation signed up over 1200 new members. No big surprise really given the central location, accessible to many, very large and bright space - they leased an additional 5000 s/f within a few months of moving to the new location, with top notch equipment. 

[martini]

I don't see this as about how busy the gym was. It was profitable and making money. Sun Life Assurance is what killed it. I think it's going to be proven as a big mistake.

[Victoria Watcher]

?

[martini]

?

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[AllseeingEye]

?

I think the "?" is in reference to the question "What does SunLife A have to do" with the demise of GL fitness....

[Victoria Watcher]

oh i guess i never read the full article. that's the building owner. oh well.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 March 2019 - 05:39 PM.

[AllseeingEye]

/\.....interesting: if GL is in fact doing $ well I wonder why SunLife would play hard ball? You can certainly do far worse than having a nation wide chain of health centers as a tenant. Will be interesting to see what entity fills that space...

[RFS]

Hmm. Tesla store

[spanky123]

Hmm. Tesla store

Except that Tesla closed its stores!

[Mike K.]

SunLife paid a huge sum for that building. I would imagine that their intention is to push lease rates way up.

[martini]

oh i guess i never read the full article. that's the building owner. oh well.

Really?! And here I thought what I posted somehow was confusing.

Oh well?! It's a big oh well in my books. Not just the jobs lost, but how it will affect surrounding businesses and the plaza across.
It looks like a real bully move by Sun Life and I'd like to know more about what makes them tick.
For the increase they wanted, I seriously question who they have at the table. If anyone.
I wouldn't shed a tear if that space sat vacant for a year. Lol

[RFS]

Except that Tesla closed its stores!

They cancelled that plan

[martini]

I think the "?" is in reference to the question "What does SunLife A have to do" with the demise of GL fitness....

Context. I totally get it. I assumed after this thread being dead for two years the new link was a clue.
There really is a bad habit of just reading headlines.

[martini]

SunLife paid a huge sum for that building. I would imagine that their intention is to push lease rates way up.

When was this? Could they potentially push themselves into vacancies instead?

[AllseeingEye]

Context. I totally get it. I assumed after this thread being dead for two years the new link was a clue.
There really is a bad habit of just reading headlines.

mea culpa: I didn't read the link here because I read it earlier elsewhere but it was in fact_very early, I hadn't had my morning tea, and didn't make the connection between GL shuttering the doors and the breakdown of the leasing discussions. A likely story and I'm sticking with it....